Infinity Surfaces makes TrueStone of many colors

For many years, Randy DiDonato and his wife Cheryl, owners of The Tile Meister, were the best customers of Palisade Marble, a local manufacturer of cultured stone.

The Tile Meister uses the product TrueStone, a polyester resin and marble composite imprinted with images of real granite, to complete their popular one-day bathroom remodels across the Grand Valley.

When Palisade Marble came for sale last year, it only made sense for the DiDonato’s to buy it.

“The company had been around since the 1970s but it was failing,” DiDonato said, “We thought, ‘why not own both sides of the business.’”

The DiDonato’s bought the company last October, renaming it Infinity Surfaces, and began operating it as a division of The Tile Meister.

In just one year, Infinity Surfaces has increased business to $300,000 and hired three new employees.

TrueStone surfaces are similar to a Corian product, DiDonato explained while walking through the manufacturing facility at 587 1/2 N. Westgate Drive.

It has the look of real granite but with a number of advantages including a lower price point.

“It’s 40 percent less than the cost of real granite,” DiDonato said.

The material is also less porous, making it cleaner, and more durable than traditional countertops.

“Plus, it’s not an imported product. It’s made right here in Grand Junction,” DiDonato said.

The process is rather simple. First, polyester resin is mixed with crushed marble to create a base material.

The base material is poured into molds and allowed to dry overnight, hardening into a white cultured stone. The stone can be sprayed with a colored or clear topcoat, sanded and buffed.

The white pieces of marble are pretty, but from here, the combinations of images are endless, DiDonato said.

TrueStone pieces use a trademarked process called Photofuzion, which uses heat and pressure to embed an image into the plain white cultured marble. The patented process is owned by Design Imaging and Infinity Surfaces is a licensed dealer.

Any kind of image can be used — from a favorite vacation photograph to a granite or wood pattern.